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2783579585MandateAn official order or commission to do something0
2783581815ConstitutionThe Constitution is the supreme law of the land in the United States. Learn more about our founding document. The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme law of the United States.1
2783583859Feudalismthe federal principle or system of government.2
2783585106Centralizedconcentrate (control of an activity or organization) under a single authority.3
2783586748Decentralizedtransfer (authority) from central to local government.4
2783588217Tyrannythe government or rule of a tyrant or absolute ruler. a state ruled by a tyrant or absolute ruler. oppressive or unjustly severe government on the part of any ruler. a cruel or harsh act or proceeding; an arbitrary, oppressive, or tyrannical action.5
2792541489Autocracya system of government by one person with absolute power.6
2792541971Peripherythe outer limits or edge of an area or object.7
2792544376City-statea city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.8
2792545363Revolutiona forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.9
2792546390PostBehind; after10
2792546820PreBefore; prior11
2792547081Civilizationthe stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced.12
2792548725PlethoraAn excessive amount13
2792550877Irrigationthe watering of land to make it ready for agriculture14
2792551997Ethnocentrismevaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture.15
2792554977Xenophobiaintense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries16
2792555950Nativismthe policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.17
2792556082Foragingof a person or animal) search widely for food or provisions.18
2792558538Matrilinealof or based on kinship with the mother or the female line.19
2792562047Patriarchalof, relating to, or based on relationship to the father or descent through the male line.20
2792562858Cultural diffusionthe spreading out of culture, culture traits, or a cultural pattern from a central point .21
2792563566Metallurgythe branch of science and technology concerned with the properties of metals and their production and purification22
2792565032Pictographa pictorial symbol for a word or phrase. Pictographs were used as the earliest known form of writing, examples having been discovered in Egypt and Mesopotamia from before 3000 BC.23
2792565203Tributepayment made periodically by one state or ruler to another, especially as a sign of dependence24
2792567185Oligarchya small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.25
2792567723Aristocracythe highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices.26
2792567901MonarchyA monarchy is a form of government in which sovereignty is actually or nominally embodied in one or several individual(s) reigning until death or abdication.27
2792568709DemocracyA system of government in which power is vested in the people, who rule either directly or through freely elected representatives.28
2792570718Republicanismthe guiding political philosophy of the United States.29
2792571048Theocracya system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god30
2792571495Migrationmovement from one part of something to another.31
2792572587Immigrationthe action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country32
2792573076DiasporaJews living outside Israel. the dispersion of the Jews beyond Israel. the dispersion of any people from their original homeland.33
2792583200Heresiesbelief or opinion contrary to orthodox religious (especially Christian) doctrine.34
2792584415Peasanta poor farmer of low social status who owns or rents a small piece of land for cultivation (chiefly in historical use or with reference35
2792586510Primogeniturethe right of succession belonging to the firstborn child, especially the feudal rule by which the whole real estate of an intestate passed to the eldest son.36
2792587152Calligraphythe art of producing decorative handwriting or lettering with a pen or brush.37
2792587567Fiefthe central element of feudalism and consisted of heritable property or rights granted by an overlord to a vassal who held it in fealty38
2792590272Bureaucracya system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.39
2792591494Scholara specialist in a particular branch of study, especially the humanities; a distinguished academic.40
2792592763Countera way of life and set of attitudes opposed to or at variance with the prevailing social norm.41
2793057072Chartera written grant by a country's legislative or sovereign power, by which an institution such as a company, college, or city is created and its rights and privileges defined.42
2793057073Ideologya system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy.43
2793059997Interactionsreciprocal action or influence. "ongoing interaction between the two languages"44
2793062913Demographythe study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations.45
2793067067Absolutismthe acceptance of or belief in absolute principles in political, philosophical, ethical, or theological matters.46
2793067961Seculardenoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis.47
2793070740Textilea type of cloth or woven fabric.48
2793071807StratificationStratification is a system or formation of layers, classes, or categories. Stratification is used to describe a particular way of arranging seeds while planting, as well as the geological layers of rocks.49
2793075092Yeomana servant in a royal or noble household, ranking between a sergeant and a groom or a squire and a page.50
2793076584Predestination(as a doctrine in Christian theology) the divine foreordaining of all that will happen, especially with regard to the salvation of some and not others. It has been particularly associated with the teachings of St. Augustine of Hippo and of Calvin.51
2793077154Covenantagree, especially by lease, deed, or other legal contract.52
2793079361Natural/ inalienable rightsThe unalienable rights that are mentioned in the Declaration of Independence could just as well have been inalienable, which means the same thing. Inalienable or unalienable refers to that which cannot be given away or taken away.53
2793080722Continentany of the world's main continuous expanses of land (Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America).54
2793083708Regionan area or division, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries.55
2793084328Statea nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government.56
2793085575Privateer1. an armed ship owned and officered by private individuals holding a government commission and authorized for use in war, especially in the capture of enemy merchant shipping.57
2793086842Popular sovereigntyPopular sovereignty or the sovereignty of the people is the principle that the authority of the government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives58
2793087265Mobocracyrule or domination by the masses.59

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